Suffolk police say the man who was fatally shot in Coram Monday evening had been arrested before, and the night of the shooting was not the first time officers visited the home.

Police say they had been to the home at the Fairfield Townhouses on Towne Woods Road in the past for domestic and medical calls. Most recently in March, Paul Sulkowski was arrested for criminal obstruction of breathing after a domestic incident with the same woman who called police Monday.

Suffolk police say officers from the 6th Precinct were responding to a domestic call of a woman saying her drunk ex-boyfriend was refusing to leave her apartment. Investigators say the woman opened her garage door to let officers inside.

When an officer walked in, police say they found the 46-year-old Sulkowski holding a knife. They say an officer asked him to drop the knife and backed out of the garage, continuing to make the request.

Authorities say the man was shocked with a Taser during the encounter, but it did not stop him.

Police say the officers were forced to shoot as he continued to walk closer refusing to drop the knife.

The Brooklyn man was taken to Stony Brook Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.